Jacobs wins big NASA contract

NASA awarded a contract worth as much as $561 million to a unit of construction services company Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide facility operation services at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

Jacobs Technology Inc. won the 10-year deal, which has a three-year base and seven potential one-year options. The company will provide a range of facility engineering, maintenance and operations and will support programs of other federal and state agencies that use the center, according to NASA.